2025 NECO Results Bring Mixed Reactions

2025 NECO Results Bring Mixed Reactions

The National Examinations Council has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination External results, with more than 80 per cent of candidates securing five credits and above.

The announcement was made on Tuesday at NECO’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, confirming the outcome of the nationwide examination taken by private candidates.

The results were formally declared by NECO Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, in a video shared on the council’s X handle.

It is my pleasure to declare the 2025 SSCE External Results released. Candidates can access their results on the NECO official website, www.neco.gov.ng, using their examination registration number.

A total of 96,979 candidates registered for the exam, with 95,160 eventually sitting for papers across sixteen subjects.

Performance figures showed strong outcomes in core subjects, as 73,167 candidates earned credit passes in English Language, while 85,256 achieved the same in Mathematics.

In total, 68,166 candidates recorded five credits including English and Mathematics, while 82,082 reached the benchmark without considering the two subjects.

However, the examination also recorded a sharp rise in misconduct cases, with 9,016 candidates booked for malpractice, up from 6,160 the previous year.

Five supervisors—two from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and one each from Kano, Adamawa, and Ondo States—were recommended for blacklisting for aiding and abetting malpractice.

Four centres—two in Niger State and one each in Yobe and Kano—were also marked for de-recognition over whole-centre malpractice.